Ba guo lian jun

1976 [CHINESE]

Action / Adventure

5
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 268 268

martial arts boxer rebellion

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Plot summary

Three young martial arts brothers, played by Chi Kuan-chun, Alexander Fu Sheng and Leung Kar-yan, go in search of fellow patriots dissatisfied with Imperialist foreigners and wind up joining a rising sect of the Boxers, led by an opportunistic conman. Named as such for their use of martial arts, these boxers are revolutionaries who believe that spirits protect their bodies from foreign guns. They even dupe the Empress Dowager, who gives them her royal blessing to fight the foreigners.

Director

Cheh Chang Photo
Cheh Chang

Top cast

Richard Harrison Photo
Richard Harrison as General Waldersee / Von Waldersee, the German Commander
Chia-Hui Liu Photo
Chia-Hui Liu as Boxer
Hark-On Fung Photo
Hark-On Fung as Boxer
Yen Tsan Tang Photo
Yen Tsan Tang as Chang Chen-Chiang / Chang Chun Jiang
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
1.29 GB
1280*546
Chinese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  cn  
23.976 fps
2 hr 23 min
Seeds 2
2.39 GB
1916*818
Chinese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  cn  
23.976 fps
2 hr 23 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 7 / 10

Another Shaw epic

Reviewed by thesithchagas 5 / 10

The Boxer rebellion: AKA. The Bloody avengers.

I saw this film a couple of times when it was on Black Belt Theater. I think the thing I remember most about Boxer Rebellion was the fight scene at the end of the movie, between Alexander Fu Sheng, and foreign soldiers: who were armed with rifles and bayonettes, while Fu sheng took them on bare handed. I didn't care if the soldiers whose butts were getting kicked were white or not, I just wanted to see Fu sheng kick some butt. But I agree, Chinese martial art's films tend to steriotype the Russians, and the Japanese, and other nationalities too. You tend to expected that in Chinese films, especially with the Japanese, because the two countries had a propaganda war going on between them. I don't know if Bloody Avengers was a good movie or not, Maybe it had too much sugar in it for a kung fu movie. If thats the case, then it was crap. I just remember that Fu sheng was in it.
Reviewed by ckormos1 7 / 10

The political power of the lie

My copy is the Bonzai Media DVD. The audio is scratchy most of the time. It plays with English dubbing most of the time but often reverts to subtitles with Chinese dialog. The settings give no control over this. The video is wide screen and though not Blu-ray is still excellent.It starts with a boring scene with the empress getting dressed, a process requiring dozens of servants. She then eats from a table set to feed a small army. I was originally concerned with the run time of my copy. I am aware of a 137 minute version and mine is about 120 minutes. There are even far shorter versions. The 17 minute difference seems to be even more of the empress and also conversations but none of it is martial arts or action. The action starts with Beardie and Alex Fu Sheng working out. Overall the movie is padded with scenes of Alex doing full martial arts katas and Chinese opera scenes. Since this is action or martial arts I have no complaint.At the town square a foreigner pulls out a gun. Chinese boxers claim they can defeat the foreign devils and are invulnerable to their guns. Johnny Wang Yu is feeding everyone this bull to advance himself. He claims victory over the Japanese when in reality they were slaughtered but not annihilated. This shows the political power of the lie. Yes, what he says is a lie, people know it, yet armies march to the lie.At about the 45 minute mark there is a fight sequence including Alex Fu Sheng. This sequence is fight choreography genius. He fights against Japanese soldiers and his technique humiliates and mocks them. This is precisely the stuff that takes a movie to the next level for me.This movie is above average and mandatory viewing for fans of martial arts movies of the golden age from 1967 to 1984.
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